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The Eternal Waltz
''The Eternal Waltz'' (german: Ewiger Walzer, link=no) is a 1954 West German drama film dramatizing the life of Johann Strauss II.Bock & Bergfelder p. 529 The initial story was written by Hanns Marschall and Ruth Charlotte Silbermann, and the film itself was written by Alexander Lix; the adaptation was by Paul Verhoeven (German director), Paul Verhoeven who also directed the film. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and location filming, on location in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Bi and Bruno Monden. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1954 films West German films 1950s German-language films 1950s biographical films German biographical films Biographical films about musicians Films about classical music and musicians Films about composers Films directed by Paul Verhoeven (Germany) Films set in the 19th century 1950s historical films German historical films Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films shot in Vienna Cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Verhoeven (German Director)
Paul Verhoeven (; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch filmmaker. His blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire is a trademark of both his Drama film, drama and science fiction films. After receiving attention for the TV series ''Floris (TV series), Floris'' in his native Netherlands, Verhoeven got his film breakthrough with romantic drama ''Turkish Delight (1973 film), Turkish Delight'' (1973), starring frequent collaborator Rutger Hauer. The film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and later received the award for Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival. Verhoeven later directed successful Dutch films including the period drama ''Keetje Tippel'' (1975), the war film ''Soldier of Orange'' (1977), the teen drama ''Spetters'' (1980) and the psychological thriller ''The Fourth Man (1983 film), The Fourth Man'' (1983). In 1985, Verhoeven made his first Hollywood film ''Flesh and Blood (1985 film), Flesh and Blood'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Bi
Franz Bi (2 April 1899 – 25 December 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.197 He worked on the set design of more than forty films during his career, often in collaboration with Bruno Monden. Selected filmography * ''The Rainer Case'' (1942) * ''The Golden Spider'' (1943) * ''Beloved Darling'' (1943) * '' When the Young Wine Blossoms'' (1943) * ''A Man Like Maximilian'' (1945) * ''In the Temple of Venus'' (1948) * ''Chased by the Devil'' (1950) * ''The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice'' (1950) * ''Five Suspects'' (1950) * ''Fanfares of Love'' (1951) * ''The Blue and White Lion'' (1952) * ''House of Life'' (1952) * ''The Great Temptation'' (1952) * ''Street Serenade'' (1953) * '' A Heart Plays False'' (1953) * ''The Eternal Waltz'' (1954) * ''A Woman of Today'' (1954) * ''André and Ursula'' (1955) * '' San Salvatore'' (1956) * ''A Piece of Heaven'' (1957) * '' Restless Night'' (1958) * ''A Summer You Will Never Forget'' (1959) * ''People in the Net'' (1959) * ''Conny and Peter Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Strauss
Eduard "Edi" Strauss (15 March 1835 – 28 December 1916) was an Austrian composer who, together with his brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. He was the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim. The family dominated the Viennese light music world for decades, creating many waltzes and polkas for many Austrian nobility as well as dance-music enthusiasts around Europe. He was affectionately known in his family as 'Edi'. Life and music Eduard Strauss' style was individual and did not attempt to emulate the works of his other brothers or his contemporaries. But he was primarily remembered and recognized as a dance music conductor rather than as a major composer in the , and his popularity was overshadowed by that of his elder brothers. Realising this, he stamped his own mark with the quick polka, known in German as the "polka-schnell". Among the more popular polkas that he penned for the Strauss Orchestra, which he continued to co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Strauss II
Eduard Leopold Maria Strauss (March 24, 1910 – April 6, 1969), commonly known as Eduard Strauss II to distinguish him from his grandfather, was an Austrian conductor whose grandfather was Eduard Strauss I and whose uncle was Johann Strauss III. He enrolled at University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, and learned composition technique from Franz Schmidt. He debuted as a conductor in 1949, 50 years after the death of Johann Strauss II, and 100 years after the death of Johann Strauss I. Eduard II visited Japan in 1956. His works drew enormous attention, Johann Strauss boom occurred in Japan. He organized Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester in 1966. His son, Eduard Strauss (born 1955) is current Strauss Family head. filmography In 1954, Eduard II appeared in three movies as ''Eduard Strauss Jr''. *'' Victoria in Dover'' – a composer. *''The Eternal Waltz'' – Eduard Strauss I. *' – Johann Strauss II. References * Eduard Strauss: ''Eduard Strauss II: Ein Künstler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Steckel
Leonard Steckel (18 January 1901 – 9 February 1971) was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 actor and director of stage and screen. Steckel was born as Leonhard Steckel in Knihinin, a Galician town that is today a district of the city Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. He began his career as a stage actor and spent the duration of World War II in exile in Zürich, Switzerland, where he had gone to work at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. It was during this time that he began to direct. Steckel was killed in a major rail accident on 9 February 1971 in Aitrang, Germany. Partial filmography * ''Phantoms of Happiness'' (1930) - Gefängnisarzt * '' M'' (1931) - Man (uncredited) * ''The Adventurer of Tunis'' (1931) - Ferrero * ''The Daredevil'' (1931) - Barini, Inhaber American Hippodrom * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) - Krakauer, ein Trödler * ''Secret Agent'' (1932) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Thimig
Hermann Thimig (3 October 1890 – 7 July 1982) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967. Biography Thimig came from a famous family of actors. His father, Hugo Thimig, was an actor, director and director of the Vienna Burgtheater. His siblings Helene Thimig and Hans Thimig, with whom he trained at the theater and worked together several times in films, were accomplished actors. During his early days in elementary school and high school in Vienna, and in various land reform schools, Thimig performed with amateur theater groups and private performances. After military service as a one-year volunteer in Vienna he made his debut in December 1910 at the Meiningen Court Theatre and remained there until his contract was disrupted in 1914 by the outbreak of the First World War. In 1915 due to severe Furunculosis, (boils), was declared unfit for front. While on duty he used his home leave to the Royal Theater in Berlin to make guest ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach (, also , , ; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera ''The Tales of Hoffmann''. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss Jr. and Arthur Sullivan. His best-known works were continually revived during the 20th century, and many of his operettas continue to be staged in the 21st. ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' remains part of the standard opera repertory. Born in Cologne, the son of a synagogue cantor, Offenbach showed early musical talent. At the age of 14, he was accepted as a student at the Paris Conservatoire but found academic study unfulfilling and left after a year. From 1835 to 1855 he earned his living as a cellist, achieving international fame, and as a conductor. His ambition, however, was to compose comic pieces for the musical the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnulf Schröder
Arnulf Schröder (born Munich, June 13, 1903 - died there, December 22, 1960) was a German actor and director. He studied at the Oberrealschule with Claire Bauroff. He spent some of his career working in the cabarets of Berlin. Selected filmography * ''The Unsuspecting Angel'' (1936) * ''Meiseken'' (1937) * ''Red Orchids'' (1938) * ''Water for Canitoga'' (1939) * ''Enemies'' (1940) * ''Chased by the Devil'' (1950) * ''Immortal Light'' (1951) * ''Arlette Conquers Paris'' (1953) * ''The Missing Miniature'' (1954) * ''Royal Hunt in Ischl'' (1955) * '' San Salvatore'' (1956) * ''Taiga'' (1958) * ''The Domestic Tyrant'' (1959) * ''Oh! This Bavaria!'' (1960) ReferencesBiography with photo(in German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...) * 1903 births 1960 deaths G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Bettac
Ulrich Ewald Berthold Bettac (2 May 1897 – 20 April 1959), was an Austrian actor and theatre director. He was especially well known for his work as a character actor at the Burgtheater in Vienna; he also had a fairly extensive film career. Selected filmography * ''The Girl from Capri'' (1924) * '' The Mistress of Monbijou'' (1924) * ''False Shame'' (1926) * ''A Night at the Grand Hotel'' (1931) * '' Come Back to Me'' (1944) *''Mysterious Shadows'' (1949) * ''Duel with Death'' (1949) *'' 1. April 2000'' (1952) *''Knall and Fall as Imposters'' (1952) *''The Great Temptation'' (1952) * ''Adventure in Vienna'' (1952) * ''Arlette Conquers Paris'' (1953) * '' The Divorcée'' (1953) * '' Mask in Blue'' (1953) *''The Eternal Waltz'' (1954) *'' Sissi'' (1955) * '' André and Ursula'' (1955) * ''Mozart'' (1955) * '' Goetz von Berlichingen'' (1955) *''Sissi – The Young Empress'' (1956) External links Ulrich Bettacat Österreich-Lexikon (in German German(s) may refer to: * Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Girardi
Alexander Girardi (pronounced ) (5 December 1850 – 20 April 1918) was an Austrian actor and tenor singer in operettas. Career Girardi was born in Graz; his father was the locksmith Andreas Girardi who had migrated to Graz from Cortina d'Ampezzo. Following the early death of his father, Alexander Girardi was raised by his stepfather who put him into a locksmith apprenticeship. Against his stepfather's wishes, he joined the amateur theatre ''Die Tonhalle'', where his acting talent was discovered; this led to an engagement at the Vienna Strampfer-Theater. In 1874 Girardi moved to the Theater an der Wien, where he continued to work for 22 years. In 1896/97 he worked at the Carltheater and then two years at the Volkstheater in Vienna. He also had guest appearances at other important theatres in Vienna and toured Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, Dresden). One of his most renowned roles was Valentin in Ferdinand Raimund's '' Der Verschwender'', particularly his rendition of the " Hob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Putz
Hans Putz (November 17, 1920 in Vienna – January 31, 1990 in Hamburg) was an Austrian actor. He had a stage career, including working at the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Volkstheater in Vienna; he also appeared in a number of films. Partial filmography * ''Gottes Engel sind überall'' (1948) - Franz Wudra * ''Arlberg Express'' (1948) - Flori Reutner * ''Lambert fühlt sich bedroht'' (1949) - (uncredited) * ''Rosen der Liebe'' (1949) - Praterbesucher Ferdl * ''Der Schuß durchs Fenster'' (1950) - Chauffeur Strinzel * '' The Fourth Commandment'' (1950) - Martin Schalanter - beider Sohn * ''Großstadtnacht'' (1950) * '' Four in a Jeep'' (1951) - Karl Idinger * ''Gangsterpremiere'' (1951) - Willi * ''Wienerinnen'' (1952) - Paul Rosenauer * ''Verlorene Melodie'' (1952) - Toni * ''Lavender'' (1953) - Kramer * ''Anna Louise and Anton'' (1953) - Robert * ''König der Manege'' (1954) - Jack Holl, Aktrobat, Tänzer * ''Bruder Martin'' (1954) - Steighofer * ''Hoheit lassen bitte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Trenk-Trebitsch
Willy Trenk-Trebitsch (March 11, 1902 – September 21, 1983) was an Austrian actor. He was born in Vienna. He was especially famous for his performances as Mack the Knife in ''The Threepenny Opera''; he also had a film career. He died in Berlin, aged 81. Partial filmography * ''Panic in Chicago'' (1931) - Kriminalbeamter Charles * '' The Other Side'' (1931) - Koch * ''Einer Frau muß man alles verzeih'n'' (1931) - Fritz Meyer, Konfektionsreisender * ''Her Majesty, Love'' (1931) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Rasputin, Demon with Women'' (1932) - Ossipowitsch, Rasputins Sekretär * '' The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler'' (1943) - Col. Von Zechwitz * ''Hitchhike to Happiness'' (1945) - Ladislaus Prenska * ''Inside Job'' (1946) - Cordet * ''The Searching Wind'' (1946) - Ponette * ''White Tie and Tails'' (1946) - Emil * '' I'll Be Yours'' (1947) - Captain * '' The Guilt of Janet Ames'' (1947) - Headwaiter (uncredited) * '' The Corpse Came C.O.D.'' (1947) - Fields * ''The Exile'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
